I like the idea of others following, observing, favoring and commenting on my lists. But I don't want anyone adding to my own lists, except their own comments. I would have no problem with someone copying my list, making it their own, and THEN adding to it as their own list. But there is no reason anyone should add anything to my list, but me. Otherwise it's not my list. It becomes everyone's list and that's not my purpose.

I do welcome comments on my lists. They help expand my knowledge of the area.

I use the Goodreads website (also owned by Amazon) and think that their Listopia feature is better than the list feature here. I think having both public and private lists would be great and I'd LOVE to be able to add shorts to my lists

What I was thinking of was a broader feature - the ability to make lists of lists, with a default one for your favourite lists. You could then make, for example, make an "upcoming horror films" list and then get updates on them all.

I don't agree with the idea of making lists of lists. That could lead to endless threads of lists, such as the comments on films. You would have lists of lists of lists of lists of lists, etc.https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topi...#

Instead IMDb could create additional categories for the lists. IMDb has separated categories between films and actors, at least at creation of lists. It should be a simple matter for IMDb to keep lists of films separate from lists of actors. Further the user (list creator) might be given the option to have his list categorized in a group of lists, eg Films - Musicals, Films - Sci Fi, Films - Comedy, etc or Actors - Male, Actors - Female (or other actor categories that might be thought of).https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topi...#

I don't agree with the idea of making lists of lists. That could lead to endless threads of lists, such as the comments on films. You would have lists of lists of lists of lists of lists,

Not necessarily as lists and lists of lists would need to be separate beasts (in the same way they have lists of titles or people), so you couldn't get a list of a list of lists unless the folks working on the back end went out of their way to allow such a thing to happen. I doubt they would as there would be little point and it would be open for abuse, as you suggest.

Further the user (list creator) might be given the option to have his list categorized in a group of lists, eg Films - Musicals, Films - Sci Fi, Films - Comedy, etc or Actors - Male, Actors - Female (or other actor categories that might be thought of).

Yes I think this needs attention as some of the categories are weirdly specific in some areas (often with few lists in them) but not others:
http://www.imdb.com/lists/tag

So they'd either need to expand the tags, or trim them down to genres and stick the others into a keyword style system for lists.

We also need the ability to add or edit tags after a list has been started as I know I sometimes forgot. However, that might be a topic for another suggestion (or a new thread for general list suggestions, depending on what the admins here want to do).

IMDb has been pretty good about allowing changes in settings. So I think they would put the option of changing genres in list settings. They need a "General" category for lists where the list originator can't initially think what category to put his list into.

The difficulty with that is that I don't trust IMDb's categorization of films into any particular genre. What some might call a Thriller, others might call a Horror film. IMDb clearly has a misunderstanding of Musicals. Would "Modern Westerns" be a separate genre from "Westerns" or would they be included in "Thrillers"?. If the genre selection is left to the list creator, all that is sorted out by the list creator.

I would not want IMDb to assign a genre to my list. My idea of Westerns may be totally different than IMDb's or anyone else's. Personally I would not include Modern Westerns taking place since 1950 among other Westerns taking place prior to 1910. However, IMDb and others might. I would not want any automatic inclusion of my lists into any particular genre. I would that I be able to do that myself.

When others search for my list, they will find it (or not find it) based on the genre that I assign to it. I might even like to create a new genre designation that IMDb doesn't have on its genre list. And if others find my list in their search, great. If they don't, I may well decide to change the search terms. I'm really not into the automaticity of IMDb assigning a genre.

IMDb already assigns genres to titles. If you think a genre should be added to a title, you should be able to add it.

Genres are actually based upon story characteristics. If you a western exists that you don't think is a western, it doesn't mean it is not a western. It means you do not classify it as a western.

So you want to make a list and say this is a western list. By making a western list and adding any title you want, you are effectively tagging that list as a western. So I suggest you make a plain old normal list and then tag it with "western." Does this not accomplish the same thing?

I don't care about adding a genre to a title on any film's title page. However, in creating a list, I simply would not want to be limited to IMDb's idea of what films might be included in whatever genre I might select.

Another issue comes up - What if I want to create a new genre that is not on IMDb's genre list, such as Modern Westerns or Satire Comedy? I might well like to create a list without selecting any of IMDb's genres, but might designate my own genre in the list title. In such a case I might well want to exclude the list from any of IMDb's genres. I believe I can still do this. But the difficulty comes in searching. If one were looking for lists of Modern Westerns or Satire Comedy, then a search box would suffice.

The ideas I suggest would not limit what titles you could add based on imdb's predefined genres. You could tag your list with any genre you wish and therefore show up when that/ those genre(s) are selected in a hypothetical search engine.

The original suggestion was that "IMDb could create additional categories for the lists." It is not practical for imdb to provide categories like "satire comedy" either from the get-go or upon user suggestion.

However, with an improved tag system you could tag a list with "satire" and "comedy." The list would then show up when a user used a search engine and selected "comedy" from a more defined search and/or if the user used the word "satire" or "comedy."

Making lists specific to genres would allow someone searching for a list of a particular genre to find lists limited to that genre. For example if one wanted to search for lists of Westerns, then lists of Science Fiction would be excluded from the search.

If you are already viewing a list, then you are not searching for a list, though you might be searching within that list.

My whole issue concerns searching for lists, not items within a list. Suppose there are a million lists on IMDb. How would one find a list of Horror films or a list of Comedies? If the list creator designates a particular genre for his list, then when other people searching for that genre will find his list, along with others in that genre. Thereby lists of Musicals will not include lists of War films.

It would be up to the individual creating the list as to what genre he would call it and what films he would include. For example, the film "Calamity Jane" is a musical in a western setting. So some people might call it a Western, while others might call it a Musical. It would be up to the list creator to include it or not include it in his list.

Yes, it would be a nice option for a list creator to allow or disallow others to add to the list. I can see that would be a good option that some people might like and IMDb might well allow that option to the list creator.

I can see that some creators of lists might like having others add to their lists. However, I would not. So that would be a good option that IMDb might allow to list creators, that the list creator designate whether others may or may not add to his list.

Certainly to follow, observe and fave lists would be a great addition to the list community.

But personally, I don't want others adding to my lists. But that might well be an option that IMDb might offer to list creators, to allow others to add to a list. Personally, I would deny additions to my lists, except by myself.

If I can create a genre list and then add titles that aren't that genre, it seems to be more practical to have a search engine where I can select genre(s).

Example, I make a list of horror films and then fill it up with non-horror movies. This list would show up if I listed it as a Horror List. However, if there were a list search engine where you could tick genres, your results would only show lists that contained at least one movie of that genre.

As noted, the most beneficial changes would be an ability to edit tags and a list search engine.

Jordan, This is nice to have this feature. I found that people can search for a genre. However, it would be nice to have a search box for lists, where someone could type in search terms, such as "Westerns with Indians" or "Musicals 1940s" to narrow the number of lists one gets. I can see the day when hundreds of Westerns are listed and one has to look through the entire list of Western lists to find a list that one might be looking for. But this is a step in the right direction.

This is an essential idea, at the moment I have a bookmark folder dedicated to lists that I want to watch more films from. Adding them to a favourites list or being able to "favourite" them and view later on my IMDb account would definitely be preferable.

it would be nice if i cud add lists I like to my favourites.then it wud be easier for me to watch movies from such lists later.further it wud be great if i get notifications whenever the list is edited